More Marvel Legends Action Figures

Most of these are from the Mojo set (therefore we have a partial Mojo now, with body parts including head scurrying around trying to be menacing), although two of these were from an older set (the one where the figures came with something to ride on). We've got a few more coming on back order (can you back-order pre-orders?) so I'm guessing there'll be another toy review post at some point.

I'm undecided on whether I want to keep getting these from now on, as the pictures I've seen of the Hasbro toys don't look that great.


Baron Zemo
The kids had been asking about villains, thus the presence of Zemo and Ultron in this shipment. Ultron (see below) was a bit disappointing. Zemo was not. He looks good--often toy-makers' efforts at non-skin-tight costuming are less than thrilling, but Zemo's tunic with the weird fur collar looks just fine. Flexible, posable, good joints, a very playable toy and sheer evil to boot!


The Falcon
The Falcon comes with a little Redwing, which the kids love. He looks good, is flexible and posable, stays put when you put him in position. The only iffy part is the wings attached under the arms (they overlap if the arms are out straight, which they are if you're having him glide), but I think this would have been difficult to execute in any other way so I wouldn't complain too much.

I always liked the Falcon, so I was really happy to see this one in the pre-orders some months back--I'm glad it didn't disappoint.


Luke Cage, Power Man
The kids have only seen Luke Cage in the New Avengers, so they were intrigued by the costume and wondered why he wore a chain for a belt (looks cool, not very practical if you ever want to take your pants off in a hurry).

Looks good--has a snarl but it isn't a bad one. Moderately muscular, which interferes a bit with movement particularly in the arms. Posable, reasonably flexible, good joints. Looks great with the Iron Fist figure. :)


Ultron
I was a little disappointed in Ultron--I had ordered it without enlarging the image, and had assumed it was the older model of Ultron from way-back-when. This one is the relatively more recent insect-like Ultron. He has many pointy things attached to him and a very small child could probably poke an eye out if she really put her mind to it.

Ultron isn't terribly flexible--most of his joints don't bend as much as one might want, and the head turns a bit but is otherwise stationary. He can look menacing, and can hold a few body-builder poses, but otherwise he isn't all that versatile.


Wolverine (Future Wolverine in the jacket and jeans)
Movable, posable, flexible, nice tight joints. The head is a bit oversized, and has that annoying play-limiting scowl that so many of these figures have. The twelve-year-old likes the jacket, which is indeed very cool.

The best thing about this Wolverine, however, is that he comes with a motorcycle. This means that everyone gets a turn on the motorcycle. Including Redwing, when the seven-year-old got her hands on it. (FYI, Redwing can steer with his talons but of course acceleration is out of the question.) So who looks the best on the motorcycle? IMO, Storm. Black leather, hair flying in the wind, etc. My guess is she'll be "borrowing" it full-time.